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Pages 56-57 (January - February 2010)
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Pages 56-57 (January - February 2010)
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Response to rituximab in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis refractory to conventional therapies
Respuesta a rituximab en un paciente con granulomatosis de Wegener refractaria a terapia convencional
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Sección de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain
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Male patient with a diagnosis of Wegener's granulomatosis associated to anti-proteinase 3 antibodies that improved initially to treatment with high dose glucocorticoids and cyclophosphamide but who relapsed, with a poor response to glucocorticoid treatment, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and azathioprine. The patient received treatment with rituximab in 4 doses with clinical and radiographic improvement.

Keywords:
Wegener's granulomatosis
Refractory
Rituximab
Biological therapies
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Se presenta el caso de un paciente con granulomatosis de Wegener asociada a anticuerpos antiproteinasa 3 que tuvo mejoría inicial con dosis altas de glucocorticoides y ciclofosfamida, pero que posteriormente a una recaída no respondió a los mismos medicamentos, ni a metotrexate ni a zatioprina. Por tal motivo, recibió tratamiento con rituximab en 4 dosis, además de glucocorticoides, obteniendo mejoría del cuadro tanto clínica como radiográficamente.

Palabras clave:
Granulomatosis de Wegener
Refractario
Rituximab
Terapias biológicas
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